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Summertime Fun Party Ideas

Summer is a great time of year for entertaining.  You’ve got sunshine, great weather, the outdoors to enjoy, great garden fresh food, BBQ’s, water fun and so much more!  Here are some great ideas for hosting a summertime fun party:

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• Luau – decorate with grass tableskirting, baskets of fresh fruit and coconuts, fish netting and bowls of seashells… serve tropical smoothies and teriyaki chicken kabobs…hand out leis to friends as they arrive… play calypso music and do the limbo…practice hula dancing!
• Patriotic Party – celebrate Memorial Day or 4th of July in style!  Decorate with flag buntings on deck or front of house…fill flower pots with red, white, and blue fresh flowers- stick little flags in the pots as well…serve firecracker popsicles to the kids…have the kids decorate their wagons in patriotic style and have their own parade…serve All American grub- hamburgers on the grill, corn on the cob, baked beans, and rootbeer floats…for the fireworks in the evening, hand out glow-in-the-dark sticks.
• Camping Party – Set up tents in the backyard…ask guests to bring their sleeping bags…hand out goody bags with a mini flashlight, a compass, and a bag of trailmix…serve snakes on a stick (hotdogs) and s’mores…sing campfire songs around a campfire…take turns telling spooky stories…
• Pool or Beach Party – make your invitations by blowing up a beach ball, writing party info on with a Sharpie, and hand deliver to friends…use beach towels for tablecovers…fill a large basket with extra sunglasses, water goggles, pool toys, sunscreen, and beach towels…set up a pool with pool games, or a Slip and Slide…have a water balloon fight…hand out plastic sand pails filled with water guns, sunglasses, bubbles, and temporary tattoos…serve hot dogs on the grill, and sno cones for cooling off…

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